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“I think you did a good job on her.”

Trump, a misogynist and authoritarian who has repeatedly called media “enemy of the people,”

to

Pompeo, a Christian zealot who yelled and cursed at NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly for doing her job:

Patriarchal authoritarians in the USA.
2 female journalists in the US have been punished for doing their jobs recently:

- Mary Louise Kelly yelled at, cursed by Secretary of State

- Felicia Sonmez suspended by Washington Post for tweeting article written by someone else about Kobe Bryant 2003 sexually assault case
Patriarchy is the privileging of male dominance via a system of oppressions.

It is about power: power of the male Secretary of State to target a female reporter and get the backing of a misogynist president.

The most powerful man in the country and the country’s top diplomat
The power of a senior male executive at Washington Post chastising a female reporter-herself a survivor of sexual assault-that her tweets about 2003 Bryant case made the newspaper look bad.

It’s imperative to ask where does power lie, who is using it, who is being harmed by it?
On Mary Louise Kelly and Pompeo’s attack on her. This is undiluted authoritarianism and censorship: State Department bans NPR reporter from traveling with Pompeo after testy interview vox.com/2020/1/28/2111…
On Felicia Sonmez and her suspension by the Washington Post. This is undiluted cowardice and censorship: google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
“I think you did a good job on her” is the motto of patriarchy.

It’s one of the most honest things ever said by Trump - who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault.
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